“sean egan”

Are you enamored with instant messaging? Would you like to learn how to create your own messaging application? This book shows you how, by dissecting Gaimthe worlds most popular open source instant messaging application. Authored by the Gaim maintainer, Sean Egan, you are presented a thorough overvi... More

Still going strong after four decades, The Rolling Stones are the ultimate rock band. The Rough Guide to The Rolling Stones explores every aspect of the music, and charts how Mick, Keith and the boys invented rock stardom. Features include: The Story: From the blues clubs of 60s Chelsea to the world... More

This brilliant debut novel by respected music journalist Egan is the alternately exhilarating and harrowing story of guitarist Paul Hazelwood, from his childhood on a London estate where he nurtures his dreams of stardom to his agonizing realization that talent doesn't necessarily bring success.The ... More

Leiber & Stoller. Mann & Weil. Greenwich & Barry. Bobby Hart. Chip Taylor. Holland-Dozier-Holland. Tony Macaulay. Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Few would recognise them in the street but they are responsible for some of the best-selling and most famous songs of all time. From Jailhouse Rock to You've Lo... More

In these 15 tales describing the adventures, escapades, highjinks, and setbacks of children and teenagers, Egan acutely captures the 1970s.Barry Hines' A Kestrel for a Knave, Stan Barstow's Joby, Bill Naughton's The Goalkeeper's Revenge, Keith Waterhouse's There Is A Happy Land, David Storey's Savil... More

From breakthroughs in recording technology to a song's political repercussions, this electrifying collection will have music fans debating for years. Edited by Sean Egan, a writer for such major magazines as "Billboard" and "Goldmine," this decade-by-decade review covers events, people, performances... More

So much more than another best-ever roundup, here you'll find the reasons why these 100 albums deserve recognition for the way in which they transformed music. Incisive, expert commentary on the stand-out albums from the bands and performers that really turned things on their head: from Bob Dylan to... More

Their songs have been covered by acts as diverse as Ride, Boney M, and the Sex Pistols; they impressed Pete Townsend so much that he asked their guitarist to join the already successful Who; said guitarist pioneered the use of a bow on guitar strings--a trick later plagiarized by Jimmy Page; and the... More